Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Resolutions/Goals

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Laura at Library of Clean Reads
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January 16, 2018
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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. 10 is just a suggestion to aim for if you can hit it. You can do a list of 3 or 5 or 20, whatever you decide. And you can put a spin on the topic if you need to. Each week there is a new list to create. This week the list is:

Bookish Resolutions/Goals

I've been book blogging for awhile now and have come to know my strengths and weaknesses when it comes to books and blogging. I find that setting goals keeps me grounded. So this is what I would like to accomplish this year.

1. Prepare more blog posts ahead of time

When I do this I noticed I am less stressed and enjoy blogging better. I feel more organized and less rushed.

2. Keep a better list of review books

I used to have such a great track list that kept me organized and somehow after I started working full time, I did not keep track of all the review books that entered my home. I'm working on this.

3. Every month, read at last one book that I choose that is not part of a blog tour or review request

Pleasure reading with no expectations and no deadlines.

4. Visit more blogs and participate more by commenting

After I started working full-time, I was unable to visit as many blogs as I wanted. I'm more balanced now and making the time to visit blogs keeps me in the loop and enjoying the blogging experience again.

A few years ago I stopped taking review requests and participating in blog tours and I never went back. It's so nice to mostly read what I like. I do occasionally only read a book for work (my book club kids pick it or it's a Summer Reading possibility), but I usually like what I read for work. Not saying you should quit those things, but pleasure reading is pretty great.

I 100% need to schedule more blog posts. I *had* been doing really good with that last year, always being a few weeks ahead, but then somewhere along the line it all fizzled out. Having a few blogs in the bank would make Sunday evenings way less stressful for me, lol.

I keep a spreadsheet of the physical review books that come into my house (e-ARCs are too hard to keep track of) and am very anal about keeping it up-to-date. I would lose my blogging mind if I didn't have my spreadsheet!

I used to do that and I was so anal about it too. I knew exactly when a book arrived in my house and from whom. I'm super organized for my tours but everything else, not so much anymore, hence my goal to get back on track.

These are all great goals, Laura. I am going to try to be better about scheduling posts ahead of time. I am trying out bullet journaling this year in hopes it will help me stay more organized. I like your goal to read at least one book unrelated to tours or commitment. Good luck with all your goals!

Amazon and Goodreads- I definitely want to do better at cross- posting reviews this year. I'm terrible at remembering! And I do enjoy scheduling posts ahead, otherwise I'd be so behind it wouldn't even be funny.